Methods for small RNA sequencing

ABSTRACT

Next generation sequencing technologies are becoming a preferred method for sequencing nucleic acids and profiling miRNAs. Experimental results disclosed herein show that the most common platform for preparing nucleic acids such as miRNAs for sequencing introduces serious biases. Provided herein are compositions and methods for improved sequencing and miRNA profiling using a set of customized ligation adaptors.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/519,023, filed May 13, 2011, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety, including drawings.

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BACKGROUND

Small RNAs (smRNAs) encompass several different classes of non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs), short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), and small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). Among the endogenous smRNAs, miRNA is the most well studied with regard to both biogenesis and functional mechanism. miRNAs are short RNA molecules that act as post-transcriptional regulators by binding to mRNA and preventing it from being translated. The first miRNA, Lin-4, was identified in C. elegans in 1993 (Lee 1993; Wightman 1993). In 2000, a second miRNA, Let-7, was identified and found to be conserved across many species (Pasquinelli 2000; Reinhart 2000). In 2001, it was disclosed that miRNAs probably exist in all species (Lee 2001; Lau 2001; Lagos-Quintana 2001). Since 2001, miRNA research has extended to almost all corners of biological science, with in-depth investigations into miRNA biogenesis and biological functions and the use of miRNA as a therapeutic tool, diagnosis and prognosis marker, and treatment response predictor marker (Galasso 2010; Nagpal 2010; Kim 2009; Bartel 2009). This progression in miRNA study has coincided with the identification and profiling of novel smRNAs in many organisms.

smRNA profiling have traditionally relied on cloning and sequencing of individual RNAs using standard molecular methods. In the most common approach, adaptor oligonucleotides are joined to the 3′ and 5′ termini of smRNAs, and the ligation products are reverse transcribed and PCR amplified to generate a cDNA library. This procedure represents a significant technical challenge because it requires three gel purification steps. In addition, thousands of clones have to be individually sequenced to identify the smRNA population. This standard protocol is labor intensive, painstaking, and requires large amounts of starting materials, and therefore is not practical for many research or clinical settings (Pfeffer 2005). Although cost can be reduced several fold by concatenating fragments of smRNAs with both adaptors to sequence several clones together, expense is still a major obstacle in thoroughly surveying smRNA populations.

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technology was first applied to smRNA discovery with the use of massive parallel signature sequencing to survey the smRNA library of Arabidopsis thaliana (Lu 2005). Since then, many modified smRNA profiling procedures based on NGS have been developed and tested on various platforms (Hafner 2008; Lu 2007; Tang 2010). To date, human miRNAs alone represent 1,048 unique sequence entries in miRBase 16 (Griffiths-Jones 2010). NGS technology has also helped in the discovery of other smRNAs (Lu 2005).

Illumina's NGS technology (Solexa) has been rated one of the two leading protocols for RNA sequencing (Levin 2010). The Solexa platform has gained some advantage over other smRNA profiling protocols with their smRNA cloning protocol v1.5. This protocol, which is summarized in FIG. 1, drastically reduces the difficulties of smRNA cDNA library construction by eliminating the need for gel purification of smRNA/smRNA-adaptors (the most challenging and critical steps in smRNA discovery) and by requiring only about 1 μg of total RNA. However, it has been found that this protocol presents a major artifact in smRNA sequencing experiments. Therefore, there is a need in the art for improved methods of smRNA sequencing.

SUMMARY

Provided herein in certain embodiments are isolated polynucleotides comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 65.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are compositions comprising one or more isolated polynucleotides each independently comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 65. In certain of these embodiments, the composition comprises a specific set of two or more isolated polynucleotides each independently comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 65, and in certain of these embodiments the set is selected from a) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:2-9, b) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:10-17, c) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:18-25, d) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:26-33, e) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:34-41, f) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:42-49, g) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:50-57, h) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:58-65, i) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:2-9 and 50-57, j) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:10-17 and 58-65, k) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:18-25 and 34-41, l) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:26-33 and 42-49, m) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:2-9, 18-25, 34-41, and 50-57, n) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:10-17, 26-33, 42-49, 58-65; and o) a set of polynucleotides representing each of SEQ ID NOs:2-65.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are methods of preparing a target nucleic acid for sequencing comprising the steps of: a) ligating a 3′ adaptor to the target nucleic acid, wherein the 3′ adaptor consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 or is an extended 3′ adaptor comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 with one or more nucleotides added to the 5′ end; b) ligating a 5′ adaptor to the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid complex of step (a), wherein the 5′ adaptor consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or is an extended 5′ adaptor comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 with one or more nucleotides added to the 3′ end; c) reverse transcribing the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid-5′ adaptor ligation product of step (b); d) PCR amplifying the reverse transcribed ligation product of step (c); and e) gel purifying the amplified target nucleic acid; provided that at least one of steps (a) and (b) must utilize an extended 3′ or 5′ adaptor, respectively. In certain of these embodiments, the target nucleic acid is a DNA or RNA molecule, and in certain of these embodiments the target nucleic acid is a smRNA. In certain embodiments, the methods further comprise a step of sequencing the gel purified target nucleic acid of step (e). In certain embodiments, the extended 5′ adaptor comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 65. In certain embodiments, more than one 3′ adaptor and/or more than one 5′ adaptor is used for steps (a) and (b), respectively. In certain of these embodiments, step (b) utilizes a pool of 5′ adaptors each independently comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOs:2 to 65.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1: Diagram of Illumina v1.5 smRNA preparation and sequencing protocol.

FIG. 2: Heatmap of clustered normalized reads of miRNA population for 64 customized 5′ adaptors. Total reads of each adaptor were normalized to a constant and each miRNA was scaled up according to the ratio of constant to the total reads. Normalized reads were Log2 transformed and the value was used to cluster miRNAs as complete linkage and generate the heatmap.

FIG. 3: ACGU distribution of the first three bases in all human miRNAs documented in miRBase 15.

FIG. 4: miRNA expression variation as measured using designed 8×8 adaptor pools (P1 to P8) and randomized adaptor pools (R1 to R8).

FIG. 5: Pearson correlation of designed 8×8 adaptor pools (P1 to P8) versus randomized adaptor pools (R1 to R8).

FIG. 6: Heatmap from Test 2. Lanes 2 and 6, duplicate run of 8'8 pools; Lane 3, 16×4 pools; Lane 4, 32×2 pools; Lane 5: 64×1 pool. Total reads of miRNAs in different lanes were normalized and log2 transformed to generate the heatmap.

FIG. 7: Normalized, log2 transformed miRNA read counts from Lane 2 (X-axis) and Lane 6 (Y-axis) of Test 2.

FIG. 8: Pearson correlation among adaptor pools in Test 2. Variation between adaptor pools was greatly reduced in the 16×4 pools (P17, P28, P35, and P46) versus the 8×8 pools (P1 to P8).

FIG. 9: A. Reproducibility among eight adaptor pools. Normalized, log2 transformed miRNA read counts from Lane 7 of Test 2 using breast RNA were plotted by adaptor pools. B. Heatmap of breast RNA eight adaptor pooling results.

FIG. 10: Reproducibility among 16, 32, and 64 adaptor pools. Normalized, log2 transformed miRNA read counts from Test 2 using breast RNA were plotted by adaptor pools.

FIG. 11: Northern blot analysis of miR-21, -1, -126, -205, and -101 in human RNA pool and human breast RNA. U6 snRNA was used as RNA loading control. Lane 0: RNA decade marker; Lane 1: human RNA pool; Lane 2: breast RNA.

FIG. 12: Heatmaps of 8×8 pools versus 16×4 pools versus 32×2 pools in Test 1. These results indicate that index pooling reduced miRNA expression variation.

FIG. 13: Re-analyzed data of Test 1. Data was reorganized by 16×4 adaptor pools. These results indicate that miRNA expression between designed pools shows less variation.

FIG. 14: Re-analyzed data of Test 1. Data was reorganized by 32×2 adaptor pools. These results indicate that miRNA expression between pools shows even less variation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description of the invention is merely intended to illustrate various embodiments of the invention. As such, the specific modifications discussed are not to be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various equivalents, changes, and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and it is understood that such equivalent embodiments are to be included herein.

Illumina's v1.5 smRNA preparation protocol (“Illumina protocol”) utilizes five main steps: 1) ligation of the 3′ adaptor to smRNA, 2) ligation of the 5′ adaptor to smRNA, 3) reverse transcription of smRNA with both adaptors to cDNA, 4) PCR amplification of the cDNA, and 5) smRNA gel purification. The default 3′ adaptor, which is modified to target smRNAs with a 3′ hydroxyl group, corresponds to the surface-bound amplification primer and is required for reverse transcription. The default 5′ adaptor, which has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, is required for amplification of smRNA fragments.

smRNA libraries prepared by the Illumina protocol are loaded onto single-read flowcells for cluster generation. During this process, the smRNA samples are bound to complementary adaptor oligonucleotides grafted onto the surface of an Illumina Genome Analyzer flow cell. These complementary adaptor oligonucleotides bind to either the 5′ or 3′ adaptors. Unlabeled nucleotides are added to initiate a solid-phase bridge amplification, which results in the formation of double-stranded bridges. The double-stranded molecules are denatured to generate single-stranded templates anchored to the substrate, followed by amplification to generate dense clusters of double-stranded DNA. Sequencing by synthesis (SBS) is then performed to ascertain the sequences of the smRNAs.

One drawback of the Illumina protocol is that the bridge amplification step requires both the 5′ and 3′ adaptors to be complementary to the complementary adaptor oligonucleotides on the flowcell surface. This creates a problem using bases within the sequences of either adaptor for barcoding.

Due to heterogeneity of the 3′ends of smRNAs, the fact that SBS is more likely to generate errors close to the end of the short reads (Wu 2007; Tian 2010), and the fact that the Illumina protocol specifically requires the pre-adenylated 5′ end of the 3′ adaptor (which is expensive to make), the 3′ end of the 5′ adaptor is the choice for multiplexing in the same flowcell for sequencing smRNAs of about 17 to 32 nts in length, such as piRNA, tRNA halves, and snoRNA derived smRNAs (Riedmann 2010; Thomson 2009; Pederson 2010; Ender 2008; Taft 2009).

As disclosed herein, the Illumina protocol was modified by adding three nucleotides (nt) at the 3′ end of the default 5′ adaptor for multiplexing. 64 different three nt sequences were utilized, representing all possible three nt combinations. The resultant customized 5′ adaptors were compared to the default Illumina 5′ adaptor for their efficacy in identifying miRNAs from various tissue samples using the Illumina protocol. Significant read biases were observed for each of the adaptor sequences. This kind of bias in smRNA digital gene expression profiling has been reported previously (Linsen 2009). To overcome these biases, the customized 5′ adaptors were combined into eight pools of eight adaptors each, four pools of 16 adaptors each, two pools of 32 adaptors each, and one pool of 64 adaptors. Pooling was based on the cluster data for the 64 customized 5′ adaptors. The last three nts of the customized 5′ adaptors were all found to influence the sequencing results (FIG. 2). Analysis of the pool data showed that pools containing 16, 32, or 64 customized 5′ adaptors minimized results bias, and were sufficient to identify all highly expressed miRNAs in various tissue samples (FIGS. 4, 5, and 12-14). Most importantly, subsequent comparison of miRNA sequencing of the same miRNA sample showed that the pooled customized 5′ adaptors dramatically reduced result bias as compared to the default 5′ adaptor. Use of all pools (8, 16, 32, and 64) resulted in a significant improvement in miRNA population coverage versus the use of the default adaptor alone, and resulted in identification of 893 of the 1,100 human mature miRNA/miRNA* sequences (about 81%) documented in miRBase 15. To further verify the superiority of the pooled adaptors to the default Illumina 5′ adaptor, the eight adaptor pools and the default Illumina 5′ adaptor were used to sequence miRNA from human breast tissue. The eight adaptor pools produced results that were more consistent with Northern blotting results than those obtained using the default adaptor (FIG. 11).

In summary, the results disclosed herein reveal a significant pitfall in the use of the default 5′ adaptor in the Illumina protocol. Sequence results obtained using this adaptor are biased by the short nucleotide fragments being sequenced, and therefore may not reflect the true biological composition of a sequence sample. Coverage and abundance are crucial to the evaluation of miRNA biological function and to the utilization of miRNAs as biomarkers in a clinical setting.

The compositions and methods disclosed herein can be used to overcome various shortcomings associated with Illumina and other next generation sequencing technologies that utilize adaptor sequences ligated to a sequence of interest, and to provide improved sequencing results for target nucleic acids. These target nucleic acids may be DNA or RNA molecules, including for example smRNA molecules. In certain embodiments, the target nucleic acids may be part of a target nucleic acid sample containing two or more target nucleic acids. In these embodiments, the target nucleic acid sample may comprise two or more copies of a single target nucleic acid, or it may comprise one or more copies of two or more different target nucleic acids. For example, a target nucleic acid sample may comprise one or more RNA molecules, DNA molecules, or a mixture thereof (such as a genomic nucleic acid sample).

Provided herein in certain embodiments are isolated polynucleotides for use in identifying, tagging, and sequencing a target nucleic acid. The target nucleic acid may be a DNA molecule or an RNA molecule, and in certain embodiments the target nucleic acid may be a smRNA molecule. In certain embodiments, the isolated polynucleotides consist of or consist essentially of the nucleotide sequence of the default Illumina 5′ adaptor (SEQ ID NO:1) with one or more nucleotides added to the 3′ end. In certain of these embodiments, the isolated polynucleotides consist of or consist essentially of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 plus one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or more than eight nucleotides added to the 3′ end. In certain of these embodiments, the isolated polynucleotides comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of a nucleotide sequence as set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs:2-65.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are isolated polynucleotides for use in identifying, tagging, and sequencing a target nucleic acid. The target nucleic acid may be a DNA molecule or an RNA molecule, and in certain embodiments the target nucleic acid may be a smRNA molecule. In certain embodiments, the isolated polynucleotides consist of or consist essentially of the nucleotide sequence of the default Illumina 3′ adaptor (SEQ ID NO:66) with one or more nucleotides added to the 5′ end. In certain of these embodiments, the isolated polynucleotides consist of or consist essentially of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 plus one, two, three, four, five, or more than five nucleotides added to the 5′ end.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are compositions comprising one or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein. In certain embodiments, these compositions comprise four or more, eight or more, 16 or more, 24 or more, 32 or more, 40 or more, 48 or more, 56 or more, or 64 or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of each of the nucleotide sequences of 1) SEQ ID NOs:2-9; 2) SEQ ID NOs:10-17; 3) SEQ ID NOs:18-25; 4) SEQ ID NOs:26-33; 5) SEQ ID NOs:34-41; 6) SEQ ID NOs:42-49; 7) SEQ ID NOs:50-57; 8) SEQ ID NOs:58-65; 9) SEQ ID NOs:2-9 and 50-57; 10) SEQ ID NOs:10-17 and 58-65; 11) SEQ ID NOs:18-25 and 34-41; 12) SEQ ID NOs:26-33 and 42-49; 13) SEQ ID NOs:2-9, 18-25, 34-41, and 50-57; 14) SEQ ID NOs:10-17, 26-33, 42-49, 58-65; and 15) SEQ ID NOs:2-65. In certain embodiments, these kits further comprise instructions for use.

Provided herein in certain embodiments is the use of one or more of the isolated polynucleotides or compositions provided herein for the identification, tagging, sequencing, and/or preparation for sequencing of one or more target nucleic acids. The target nucleic acids may be DNA molecules or RNA molecules, and in certain embodiments the target nucleic acids may be smRNA molecules.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are kits comprising one or more of the polynucleotides provided herein. In certain embodiments, these kits comprise four or more, eight or more, 16 or more, 24 or more, 32 or more, 40 or more, 48 or more, 56 or more, or all 64 of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein. In certain embodiments, the kits comprise isolated polynucleotides comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of each of the nucleotide sequences of 1) SEQ ID NOs:2-9; 2) SEQ ID NOs:10-17; 3) SEQ ID NOs:18-25; 4) SEQ ID NOs:26-33; 5) SEQ ID NOs:34-41; 6) SEQ ID NOs:42-49; 7) SEQ ID NOs:50-57; 8) SEQ ID NOs:58-65; 9) SEQ ID NOs:2-9 and 50-57; 10) SEQ ID NOs:10-17 and 58-65; 11) SEQ ID NOs:18-25 and 34-41; 12) SEQ ID NOs:26-33 and 42-49; 13) SEQ ID NOs:2-9, 18-25, 34-41, and 50-57; 14) SEQ ID NOs:10-17, 26-33, 42-49, 58-65; and 15) SEQ ID NOs:2-65. In certain embodiments, these kits further comprise instructions for use.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are methods for improving the Illumina protocol by using one or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein in place of the default Illumina 5′ adaptor of SEQ ID NO:1 and/or the default Illumina 3′ adaptor of SEQ ID NO:66. In certain embodiments, more than one of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein are utilized such that a pool of 5′ or 3′ adaptors is present in the RNA adaptor ligation mixture. In certain of these embodiments, the 5′ and/or 3′ adaptor pool comprises eight or more, 16 or more, 24 or more, 32 or more, 40 or more, 48 or more, 56 or more, or 64 or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein. In certain of these embodiments, the 5′ adaptor pool comprises a combination of isolated polynucleotides comprises, consisting of, or consisting essentially of each of the nucleotide sequences of 1) SEQ ID NOs:2-9; 2) SEQ ID NOs:10-17; 3) SEQ ID NOs:18-25; 4) SEQ ID NOs:26-33; 5) SEQ ID NOs:34-41; 6) SEQ ID NOs:42-49; 7) SEQ ID NOs:50-57; 8) SEQ ID NOs:58-65; 9) SEQ ID NOs:2-9 and 50-57; 10) SEQ ID NOs:10-17 and 58-65; 11) SEQ ID NOs:18-25 and 34-41; 12) SEQ ID NOs:26-33 and 42-49; 13) SEQ ID NOs:2-9, 18-25, 34-41, and 50-57; 14) SEQ ID NOs:10-17, 26-33, 42-49, 58-65; and 15) SEQ ID NOs:2-65.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are methods for preparing a target nucleic acid for sequencing comprising the steps of 1) ligating a 3′ adaptor to the target nucleic acid; 2) ligating a 5′ adaptor to the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid complex; 3) reverse transcribing the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid-5′ adaptor ligation product, 4) PCR amplifying the reverse transcribed ligation product to amplify target nucleic acids bound to adaptor molecules on both ends; and 5) gel purifying the amplified target nucleic acid, wherein one or both of the 3′ and 5′ adaptors are isolated polynucleotides as provided herein. In certain embodiments, the target nucleic acid is a smRNA molecule. In these embodiments, the methods comprise the steps of 1) ligating a 3′ adaptor to the smRNA; 2) ligating a 5′ adaptor to the 3′ adaptor-smRNA complex; 3) reverse transcribing the 3′ adaptor-smRNA-5′ adaptor ligation product, 4) PCR amplifying the reverse transcribed ligation product to amplify smRNAs bound to adaptor molecules on both ends; and 5) gel purifying the amplified smRNA, wherein one or both of the 3′ and 5′ adaptors are isolated polynucleotides as provided herein. As one example, in certain embodiments the 5′ adaptor comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 with one or more nucleotides added to the 3′ end, and/or the 3′ adaptor comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 with one or more nucleotides added to the 5′ end. In certain embodiments, a pool of more than one 5′ or 3′ adaptor is utilized for the ligation step. For example, the ligation step may utilize a pool of adaptors comprising eight or more, 16 or more, 24 or more, 32 or more, 40 or more, 48 or more, 56 or more, or 64 or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein. In certain embodiments, the methods of target nucleic acid preparation disclosed herein further comprise the step of actually sequencing the target nucleic acid, for example using Illumina NGS technology.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the target nucleic acid is smRNA, the primary method steps are carried out according to the Illumina v1.5 smRNA preparation protocol, with the only difference being the substitution or supplementation of the Illumina default 5′ and/or 3′ adaptors with one or more of the isolated polynucleotides provided herein.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the target nucleic acid is smRNA, the 3′ ligation adaptor ligation step is carried out as follows. The 3′ ligation adaptor(s) is diluted in nuclease free water and mixed with the smRNA sample, and this mixture is incubated at 70° C. for two minutes. The mixture is placed on ice, then mixed with T4 RNL2 truncated reaction buffer (NEB), MgCl₂, truncated T4 RNA ligase 2 (NEB), and RNase inhibitor and incubated at 22° C. for one hour. In certain embodiments, one or more oligonucleotides complementary to all or part of the 3′ ligation adaptor(s) are included in the ligation reaction mixture. In these embodiments, the oligonucleotides hybridize to the 3′ adaptors to prevent hybridization of the adaptors to smRNA. In certain of these embodiments, the oligonucleotide may be tagged to facilitate oligonucleotide removal following completion of the 3′ ligation adaptor ligation step. Suitable tags include, for example, magnetic beads or biotin. In certain embodiments, the oligonucleotides may comprise all or a portion of the sequence of the default Illumina PCR primers set forth in SEQ ID NOs:67 and 68.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the target nucleic acid is smRNA, the 5′ ligation adaptor ligation step is carried out as follows. The 5′ ligation adaptor(s) is pre-heated to 70° C. for two minutes, transferred to ice, and then added to the 3′ ligation mixture of the previous paragraph along with ATP and T4 RNA ligase. This mixture is incubated at 20° C. for one hour. In certain embodiments, one or more oligonucleotides complementary to all or part of the 5′ ligation adaptor(s) are included in the ligation reaction mixture. In these embodiments, the oligonucleotides hybridize to the 5′ adaptors to prevent hybridization of the adaptors to smRNA. In certain of these embodiments, the oligonucleotide may be tagged to facilitate oligonucleotide removal following completion of the 5′ ligation adaptor ligation step. Suitable tags include, for example, magnetic beads or biotin. In certain embodiments, the oligonucleotides may comprise all or a portion of the sequence of the default Illumina PCR primers set forth in SEQ ID NOs:67 and 68.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the nucleic acid is smRNA, the reverse transcription step is carried out as follows. The ligated smRNA sample is mixed with SRA RT primer (Illumina), centrifuged briefly, heated at 70° C. for two minutes, then placed on ice. First strand buffer (Invitrogen), dNTP mix, DTT, and RNase inhibitor are mixed together, then added to the primer-annealed ligated smRNA sample and heated at 48° C. for three minutes. SuperScript II Reverse Transcriptase (Invitrogen) is added to the mixture, followed by incubation at 44° C. for one hour.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the target nucleic acid is smRNA, the post-reverse transcription PCR amplification step is carried out as follows. Water, Phusion HF buffer (Illumina), primer GX1 (Illumina), primer GX2 (Illumina), dNTP mix, and Phusion DNA polymerase (Illumina) are mixed together, and the reverse transcribed smRNA sample is added to this mixture. PCR amplification is then performed using one 30 second cycle at 98° C., twelve cycles of 10 second at 98° C., 30 seconds at 60° C., and 15 seconds at 72° C., and a ten minute cycle at 72° C., followed by holding the sample at 4° C. In certain embodiments, the number of cycles may be adjusted up or down based on the amount of smRNA in the initial sample.

In certain embodiments of the target nucleic acid preparation methods provided herein wherein the target nucleic acid is smRNA, the target smRNA may undergo one or more additional steps before, during, or after the primary method steps. For example, the target smRNA may undergo one or more isolation, purification, and/or concentrating steps prior to the 3′ adaptor ligation step. Similarly, the target smRNA may undergo one or more amplification steps prior to the 3′ adaptor ligation step. In certain embodiments, the integrity of the target smRNA molecule may be evaluated before, during, or after any of the primary method steps.

A target nucleic acid for use in the methods disclosed herein may be obtained from any biological sample containing nucleic acids such as DNA, RNA, smRNA, or combinations thereof. The biological sample may be obtained from any species, including a mammalian species such as a human. In certain embodiments, the target nucleic acid sample is obtained from a bodily fluid such as blood or saliva. In other embodiments, the target nucleic acid sample is obtained from a solid tissue sample, including for example a biopsy sample. In certain embodiments wherein the target nucleic acid is an smRNA molecule, the smRNA molecule may be in a sample comprising more than 1 μg of total RNA, and in certain of these embodiments the smRNA sample comprises more than 2 μg, more than 4 μg, more than 6 μg, more than 8 μg, or more than 10 μg of total RNA. In certain embodiments, the smRNA sample comprises 1-10 μg of total RNA.

Provided herein in certain embodiments are methods of diagnosing a disease using the target nucleic acid preparation and sequencing methods provided herein. In these embodiments, nucleic acid samples from a subject are prepared and sequenced using the methods disclosed herein, then compared to one or more reference sequences representing nucleic acid sequences associated with a particular disease. For example, where the nucleic acid samples contain smRNA, the reference sequences may include bacterial or viral smRNA sequences. In these embodiments, identification of a nucleic acid sequence matching one of the reference sequences indicates the presence of a particular disease, including for example a bacterial or viral infection.

The term “comprising” as used herein, particularly with regard to a component of a composition or a step of a method, encompasses compositions and methods consisting of or consisting essentially of the component or step.

The following examples are provided to better illustrate the claimed invention and are not to be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention. To the extent that specific materials are mentioned, it is merely for purposes of illustration and is not intended to limit the invention. One skilled in the art may develop equivalent means or reactants without the exercise of inventive capacity and without departing from the scope of the invention.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Evaluation of Three Nucleotide 5′ Adaptor Extensions

It has been reported previously that it is possible to add several nts to the 5′ adaptor tail for barcoding for miRNA profiling (Witten 2010; Cronn 2008). To evaluate the effect of three nt extensions, 64 different extension sequences (Table 1) were added to the 3′ end of the default Illumina 5′ adaptor (SEQ ID NO:1) to produce a series of 64 customized 5′ adaptors.

TABLE 1 Three nucleotide extensions (SEQ ID NO: of resulting customized 5′ adaptor) AAA AAU AAC AAG GAA GAU GAC GAG (2) (10) (18) (26) (34) (42) (50) (58) UAU UAC UAG UAA AGU AGC AGG AGA (3) (11) (19) (27) (35) (43) (51) (59) AUC AUG AUA AUU ACC ACG ACA ACU (4) (12) (20) (28) (36) (44) (52) (60) UUG UUA UUU UUC UCG UCA UCU UCC (5) (13) (21) (29) (37) (45) (53) (61) GCA GCU GCC GCG GUA GUU GUC GUG (6) (14) (22) (30) (38) (46) (54) (62) CCU CCC CCG CCA CUU CUC CUG CUA (7) (15) (23) (31) (39) (47) (55) (63) CGC CGG CGA CGU CAC CAG CAA CAU (8) (16) (24) (32) (40) (48) (56) (64) GGG GGA GGU GGC UGG UGA UGU UGC (9) (17) (25) (33) (41) (49) (57) (65)

For Test 1, the 64 customized 5′ adaptors were individually ligated with smRNA-3′adaptor molecules and smRNA libraries from eight adaptors pooled together for cluster generation and SBS. smRNA preparation was carried out using the Illumina manufacturer's protocols (Preparing Samples for Small RNA Sequencing Using the Alternative v1.5 Protocol, Small RNA sample prep Kit# FC-102-1009, Illumina Inc.) with minor optimization. Equal amounts of 20 human tissue RNAs from Ambion human total RNA survey panel (AM6000) were mixed as human total RNA pool in order to balance smRNA population and mimic the abundance and 3′ and 5′ heterogeneity of smRNA sequences. RNA in the pool was derived from adipose, bladder, brain, cervix, colon, esophagus, heart, kidney, liver, lung, ovary, placenta, prostate, skeletal muscle, small intestine, spleen, testes, thymus, thyroid, and trachea tissue. The RNA pool was used for smRNA library construction, cluster generation, and SBS. 1.0 μg of pooled total RNA was ligated to the default Illumina 3′ adaptor (SEQ ID NO:66) with T4 RNA ligase 2 and truncated (New England BioLabs) at 22 ° C. for 1 hour; The 3′ adaptor-miRNA ligation was then ligated to the default Illumina 5′ adapter, one of the 64 customized 5′ adaptors, or an 8, 16, 32, or 64 adaptor pool of customized 5′ adaptors (0.5 μl of 5 μM per reaction) with T4 RNA ligase I (New England BioLabs) at 20° C. for 1 hour. The resultant smRNA library was reverse transcribed using GX1 (SEQ ID NO:67) as RT primer, then subjected to PCR amplification for 12 cycles using the primers GX1 and GX2 (SEQ ID NO:68). Amplified smRNAs were gel purified using a 6% TBE PAGE gel with size selection (for targeted smRNA of 17-32 nt). The purified library was quantified using qPCR with the forward primer of SEQ ID NO:69 and the reverse primer of SEQ ID NO:70, and the quantified denatured miRNA library was loaded in 1 ml hybridization buffer to a final DNA concentration of 8 pM and used for single read flow cell cluster generation. 42 cycle (42 nt) sequencing was performed using Illumina Genome Analyzer II (GAII).

Raw reads from Test 1 shown in Table 2 (set forth in the file “54435.8095.US00.txt” submitted herewith on CD-R), and the test results are summarized in Table 3. Total reads for each adaptor were normalized to a constant, and each miRNA was scaled up according to the ratio of constant to the total reads. Log2 transformed normalized reads were clustered and used to generate a heatmap (FIG. 2). Serious result biases were introduced by both the customized 5′ adaptors and the default 5′ adaptor. There were biases in the number of total reads, percentage of reads that were aligned to corresponding genomes, distribution of smRNAs to different categories, coverage of different species in the same smRNA population, and abundance of individual smRNAs. Read counts for some individual miRNAs were different by as much as 200-fold.

To eliminate the possibility that the smRNA reads processing software might be producing the bias, reads were profiled using different miRNA profiling software systems implemented with different data analysis algorithms. Reads from the 8-pool adaptors from lane 1 of Test 1 were profiled using miRExpress and Novoalign.

For Novoalign data processing, image analysis and base calling analysis were performed using the Illumina Genome Analysis Package (OLB v1.6 and CASAVA v1.6). The base calling analysis did not apply the Illumina default chastity filter, which discards about 30 to 40% of the reads with low quality from the first 25 bases being sequenced and generated 42-nt long reads in FASTQ format. Quality control of the reads was done during alignment by Novoalign software that filters out low quality reads by base quality score. Comparison studies showed that this Novoalign filters performed similarly to the Illumina default chastity filter. Reads were separated using Novobarcode software (http://www.novocraft.com), and aligned to human genome hg18 (NCBI build 36.1) using Novoalign software (http://www. novocraft.com) with default settings but for the following modifications: an aligned read requires a minimum of 16 nts in length with good base quality after 3′ adapter trimming and a perfect match to the reference genome. A mapping table was created using the human miRNA mature sequences from miRBase 15 and aligned back to the hg18 genome afterwards. If a read was able to be aligned to multiple loci, it was randomly assigned to one locus. To summarize the expression levels of smRNAs, reads of a smRNA falling into the mapped smRNA regions within five base extensions were treated as valid reads and counted. If a smRNA could be mapped to multiple genome loci, the counts at each locus were summed as the total number of reads for that smRNA.

For statistical analysis of the miRNA expression levels, total count of miRNAs in each barcoded sample was scaled to a constant (1.7 million) and log2 transformed with an offset of one. MiRNAs with normalized reads over 6 in at least 10% of the samples were kept for subsequent expression correlation efficiency analysis. Hierarchical clustering with one-Pearson correlation as distance measurement and complete linkage was conducted with Cluster 3.0 and viewed in Java TreeView (de Hoon 2004; Saldanha 2004).

miRExpress software analyzed miRNAs by matching reads directly to pre-miRNA or mature miRNAs sequences (Wang 2009). The default setting was used to count reads that could perfectly match to pre-miRNAs.

Although the rank of miRNAs by read counts in miRExpress and Novoalign was not identical, read counts and abundance rank were comparable between the two programs (Table 4). These results establish that the data analysis algorithm is not a major cause for the sequencing bias.

Table 5 compares the results for the top 20 miRNAs with both the default 5′ adaptor and the customized 5′ adaptors. These results suggest that the default 5′ adaptor is incapable of sequencing certain miRNAs (e.g., miR-1, -145, -215, -126 and -451), but favors others (e.g., miR-20a, -17, -155, -1246 and -146a).

TABLE 5 Sorted by default 5′ adaptor Sorted by average Pool- of adaptors pool miRNA avg Default miRNA Pool-avg Default hsa-miR-21 339251 1852326 hsa-miR-143 1984995 17640 hsa-miR-378 178769 1201524 hsa-miR-1 429851 39 hsa-let-7f 211659 510653 hsa-miR-21 339251 1852326 hsa-miR-30e 50344 238220 hsa-let-7a 221170 182815 hsa-miR-30d 68551 235117 hsa-let-7f 211659 510653 hsa-miR-101 57845 194516 hsa-miR-378 178769 1201524 hsa-let-7a 221170 182815 hsa-miR-126 169586 2 hsa-miR- 69620 169524 hsa-miR-30a 140659 425 142-3p hsa-miR- 77003 167654 hsa-miR-26a 137699 23823 148a hsa-miR-20a 9939 138720 hsa-miR-24 123388 1815 hsa-miR-155 3910 118345 hsa-miR- 77003 167654 148a hsa-miR-103 23391 97269 hsa-miR-192 71314 12660 hsa-miR-17 8244 75571 hsa-miR- 69620 169524 142-3p hsa-let-7g 47101 72910 hsa-miR-30d 68551 235117 hsa-miR- 38710 67006 hsa-miR- 67342 51686 140-3p 146b-5p hsa-miR- 67342 51686 hsa-miR-145 67237 40 146b-5p hsa-miR-191 22303 49626 hsa-miR-29a 65488 40124 hsa-miR- 6148 49235 hsa-miR-101 57845 194516 1246 hsa-miR- 8939 45680 hsa-miR-215 57179 142 146a hsa-miR-29a 65488 40124 hsa-miR-451 56674 5

Neither the distribution of the first three nts in the human miRNAs (FIG. 3) nor the secondary structures and thermal dynamic properties of the 64 adaptors (Table 3, columns 2, 3, and 9) were found to have a reasonable correlation with the result bias. Interestingly, the clustered Test 1 results revealed that all three added nts influenced the results. This clustering result was roughly divided into eight groups (FIG. 2). Based on these eight groups, the 64 customized adaptors were organized into eight designed pools of eight adaptors each (P1-P8) with balanced bases at each position. These 8×8 pools were merged to form four pools of 16 adaptors each (P17, P28, P35, and P46), the 16×4 pools were merged to form two pools of 32 adaptors each (P1357 and P2468), and the two 32×2 pools were merged to form a single pool of 64 adaptors (Pall). The pooling strategy is summarized in Table 6.

TABLE 6 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8  8 × 8 AAA AAU AAC AAG GAA GAU GAC GAG pools UAU UAC UAG UAA AGU AGC AGG AGA AUC AUG AUA AUU ACC ACG ACA ACU UUG UUA UUU UUC UCG UCA UCU UCC GCA GCU GCC GCG GUA GUU GUC GUG CCU CCC CCG CCA CUU CUC CUG CUA CGC CGG CGA CGU CAC CAG CAA CAU GGG GGA GGU GGC UGG UGA UGU UGC P17 P28 P35 P46 16 × 4 P1 P2 P3 P4 pools P7 P8 P5 P6 P1357 P2468 32 × 2 P17 P28 pools P35 P46 Pall 64 × 1 P1357 pool P2468

Correlation efficiency showed that the designed pools of 8 adaptors provided significantly more compact results than randomized pools of 8 adaptors, with the designed pools showing less miRNA expression variation than the randomized pools (FIGS. 4 and 5). Pooled results from Test 1 indicate that index pooling reduced miRNA expression variation, with larger index pools resulting in less miRNA expression bias among same size pools (FIG. 12-14).

For Test 2, the designed adaptor pools were used for 5′ adaptor ligation to smRNA-3′adaptors. This approach allowed for the use of one group of 8, 16, 32, or 64 adaptors to barcode one sample. Consistent results were observed across all the adaptor pools (FIGS. 6 and 7, Table 7) The use of pools containing 16 adaptors was sufficient to minimize results bias (FIGS. 8-10), and miRNA expression measurement between the 16, 32, and 64 adaptor pools showed about 99% correlation (FIG. 6). Correlation efficiency using the 16 adaptor pool to run four samples per flowcell versus running one sample was about 0.99. Only about 10% of miRNAs were undetectable in the four sample run compared to the one sample run (Table 8). The 10% missed were typically less abundant miRNAs. Therefore, the use of 16 adaptor pools to barcode four samples per flowcell is sufficient to identify all highly expressed miRNAs with an expression measurement that is comparable to that obtained with one sample per lane.

TABLE 8 16 × 4 P17 in P28 in P35 in P46 in pool miRBase All in lane Lane 4- Lane 4- Lane 4- Lane 4- results 15 4-Test 2 Test 2 Test 2 Test 2 Test 2 Unique 1100 763 666 664 678 663 miRNAs

Comparison of Test 2 data showed the profiling coverage of miRNAs increased by almost 100% using the pooled adaptors versus the default 5′ adaptor (Table 9).

TABLE 9 Default 64 × 1 32 × 2 16 × 4 8 × 8 pool 8 × 8 pool adaptor pool pool pool (Lane 2) (Lane 6) Raw read miRNA coverage measured by unique miRNA sequences counts (1100 in miRBase 15) ≧1 461 776 760 763 774 769 ≧5 348 636 643 627 625 645 ≧10 297 573 583 573 575 579 ≧100 189 379 383 364 373 382 ≧1000  93 184 184 171 174 179

Reads from all runs in both Test 1 and Test 2 showed that 893 miRNAs were detected (Table 10). This represents about 81% of the 1,100 human mature miRNA/miRNA* sequences documented in miRBase 15.

TABLE 10 miRNA coverage measured by unique miRNA sequences miRNA raw read counts (Test 1 + Test 2) By % ≧1 893 81.18 ≧5 821 74.64 ≧10 776 70.55 ≧100 603 54.82 ≧1000 407 37.00

The low coverage and bias of the Illumina default adaptor may play a role in detecting low abundance miRNA and miRNA*. The miRNA* family are classified as low abundance strands from the same precursor miRNA. However, in the experiments disclosed herein, the abundance was reversed for 21 pairs of miRNA/miRNA*, with 28 miRNAs detected at less than 10 times the abundance of their corresponding miRNA* (Table 11).

To validate the pooling strategy, breast tissue total RNA (#AM6952, Table 7) and human pooled total RNA was sequenced using the eight adaptor pools or the default Illumina 5′ adaptor. The results showed consistent performance among the eight adaptor pools (FIG. 9). The relative abundance of miR-21, -1, -126, -101, and -205 in breast RNA and pooled human tissue RNA as measured by normalized read counts is set forth in Table 12. The eight adaptor pools were effective at identifying all five miRNAs in both tissue samples, while the default adaptor over-reported two (miR-21 and miR-101) and was largely ineffective at identifying the other three (miR-1, miR-126, and mi-R205).

TABLE 12 RNA source Human RNA pool Human RNA pool Breast RNA 5′ Adaptor Default 8 × 8 pool 8 × 8 pool hsa-miR-21 1911436 368479 488594 hsa-miR-1 40 450370 2909 hsa-miR-126 2 175101 222838 hsa-miR-101 200723 61050 77431 hsa-miR-205 0 5408 90397

Next, expression levels of miR-21, -1, -126, -101, and -205 in breast RNA versus pooled human tissue RNA were evaluated by Northern blot as previously described (Sun 2009). 20 μg of human pooled total RNA or breast total RNA were loaded onto a 12% PAGE/8M urea gel. Northern blot results were consistent with the eight adaptor pool sequencing results from both breast RNA and pooled human RNA (FIG. 11). However, the Northern blot results were not consistent with the default adaptor sequencing results from pooled RNA tissue. These results further verify the superiority of miRNA tagging and sequencing using the pooled adaptors versus the default Illumina adaptor.

As stated above, the foregoing are merely intended to illustrate the various embodiments of the present invention. As such, the specific modifications discussed above are not to be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various equivalents, changes, and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and it is understood that such equivalent embodiments are to be included herein. All references cited herein are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

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TABLE 3 Correlation Count of # of of miRNA miRNAs secondary with with same structures average # of 1st three predicted # of reads that miRNA in nts as the Last 3 nts by # of G and # of reads that can be aligned % of reads all adaptors last 3 nts of of custom QuikFold C nts in # of total passed filter of to human that passed (linear the custom adaptor 3.0 adaptor reads Novoalignment genome 18 filter scale) adaptor AAA 5 0 2,873,823 2,602,433 1,854,870 71.3% 0.9836 47 AAU 5 0 2,363,426 2,174,865 1,577,744 72.5% 0.9852 19 AAC 5 1 2,443,514 2,221,513 1,584,608 71.3% 0.9846 20 AAG 5 1 2,294,143 1,650,306 1,072,384 65.0% 0.9848 21 ACA 5 1 2,659,638 2,466,420 2,065,694 83.8% 0.9716 11 ACU 5 1 1,865,696 1,748,929 1,422,241 81.3% 0.9691 31 ACC 5 2 2,427,509 2,022,047 1,489,387 73.7% 0.9844 12 ACG 5 2 2,141,983 1,596,426 1,264,670 79.2% 0.9899 5 AUA 5 0 2,943,442 2,767,906 2,086,642 75.4% 0.9886 12 AUU 5 0 1,819,682 1,715,885 1,324,440 77.2% 0.9810 8 AUC 5 1 2,280,279 2,150,454 1,464,065 68.1% 0.9663 21 AUG 5 1 2,005,752 1,663,633 1,226,855 73.7% 0.9853 14 AGA 7 1 1,866,123 1,496,581 1,092,992 73.0% 0.9891 23 AGC 5 2 4,100,291 2,246,985 1,615,537 71.9% 0.9845 15 AGU 6 1 2,266,066 2,096,199 1,493,172 71.2% 0.9894 13 AGG 3 2 2,186,275 482,034 319,862 66.4% 0.9905 38 UAA 1 0 2,186,275 482,034 319,862 77.8% 0.9855 32 UAU 1 0 3,689,221 3,421,227 2,703,636 79.0% 0.9853 19 UAC 1 1 3,075,174 2,744,694 2,193,399 79.9% 0.8707 17 UAG 1 1 3,090,672 2,617,560 1,817,026 69.4% 0.9793 28 UCA 1 1 2,830,564 2,587,389 1,998,448 77.2% 0.5842 24 UCU 1 1 1,900,004 1,577,456 1,148,322 72.8% 0.3917 24 UCC 1 2 1,733,729 1,531,841 1,131,036 73.8% 0.5377 24 UCG 1 2 3,255,088 2,672,867 1,860,778 69.6% 0.3742 12 UUA 3 0 2,064,236 1,908,719 1,541,108 80.7% 0.6899 13 UUU 3 0 2,869,685 2,596,616 2,071,204 79.8% 0.7896 19 UUC 3 1 2,415,109 2,267,877 1,768,381 78.0% 0.9945 25 UUG 3 1 2,367,315 2,098,963 1,685,140 80.3% 0.6990 17 UGA 1 1 615,726 506,892 366,514 72.3% 0.9819 38 UGC 1 2 2,500,231 2,034,397 1,530,145 75.2% 0.9846 21 UGU 2 1 2,778,109 2,528,513 1,826,787 72.2% 0.6044 31 UGG 2 2 2,295,023 1,279,694 897,849 70.2% 0.9784 43 CAA 7 1 2,085,449 1,950,978 1,443,135 74.0% 0.9846 36 CAU 7 1 2,577,649 2,446,969 1,844,074 75.4% 0.9865 14 CAC 7 2 2,154,266 1,979,033 1,505,862 76.1% 0.9886 15 CAG 7 2 2,980,868 2,160,044 1,528,713 70.8% 0.9818 24 CCA 7 2 1,947,457 1,750,754 1,376,395 78.6% 0.9865 16 CCU 7 2 1,877,313 1,701,980 1,260,847 74.1% 0.9864 19 CCC 7 3 1,765,335 1,417,864 989,471 69.8% 0.9830 13 CCG 9 3 1,579,577 1,307,675 1,032,027 78.9% 0.9909 4 CUA 7 1 1,846,184 1,721,094 1,294,698 75.2% 0.9280 14 CUU 7 1 2,883,730 2,695,491 2,070,122 76.8% 0.9830 14 CUC 8 2 2,912,793 2,526,398 1,849,228 73.2% 0.9913 27 CUG 9 2 3,648,901 3,127,550 2,478,456 79.2% 0.8337 34 CGA 3 2 3,174,936 2,740,749 1,975,732 72.1% 0.9906 3 CGC 8 3 3,233,287 2,237,951 1,629,380 72.8% 0.9894 5 CGU 8 2 3,043,880 2,731,024 2,038,981 74.7% 0.9942 5 CGG 1 3 3,543,206 659,906 461,155 69.9% 0.9502 12 GAA 4 1 4,601,179 4,100,429 2,849,364 69.5% 0.9879 15 GAU 3 1 4,017,562 3,718,452 2,681,945 72.1% 0.9914 5 GAC 4 2 3,865,704 3,282,978 2,272,584 69.2% 0.9910 5 GAG 3 2 4,079,254 2,397,622 1,564,181 65.2% 0.9872 9 GCA 7 2 3,348,917 2,892,130 2,310,215 79.9% 0.9460 13 GCU 7 2 3,741,695 3,506,723 2,667,236 76.1% 0.9348 11 GCC 7 3 3,236,164 2,627,147 1,752,991 66.7% 0.9554 7 GCG 7 3 4,033,566 2,305,468 1,704,092 73.9% 0.9737 4 GUA 2 1 3,131,513 1,847,377 824,577 44.6% 0.9191 2 GUU 8 1 3,347,839 3,036,625 2,037,159 67.1% 0.8761 6 GUC 1 2 3,048,292 2,591,672 1,619,189 62.5% 0.9666 6 GUG 4 2 2,472,107 1,896,957 1,195,374 63.0% 0.7264 23 GGA 2 2 3,092,035 2,550,386 1,405,444 55.1% 0.8136 6 GGC 3 3 3,190,015 1,377,083 911,604 66.2% 0.8605 10 GGU 2 2 2,475,086 1,979,666 1,212,320 61.2% 0.9597 7 GGG 3 3 4,653,050 1,637,713 977,341 59.7% 0.7433 19

TABLE 4 Rank miRNA AAA AAT CTC CTT GGG GTG TCA TCC sum miRExpress software 1 hsa-miR-143 629047 596534 264042 259410 49059 100716 59682 21985 1980475 2 hsa-miR-378 36063 53471 42317 54587 16247 28919 126718 57710 416032 3 hsa-miR-1 57848 44332 39707 10420 71826 135691 29183 16259 405266 4 hsa-miR-21 56293 54594 30282 46590 12227 15423 73223 35705 324337 5 hsa-miR-30a 18225 21466 16951 22039 9302 13824 71561 25377 198745 6 hsa-let-7a 73073 55464 6234 8420 8281 10661 15513 5619 183265 7 hsa-let-7f 80747 61375 3623 6323 4201 9192 11917 4434 181812 8 hsa-miR-126 21192 17954 10190 13560 10448 25185 32341 8650 139520 9 hsa-miR-26a 18178 12543 15896 37425 6207 9273 16873 9698 126093 10 hsa-miR-148a 13804 11033 13926 20902 12155 5385 12584 2984 92773 11 hsa-miR-215 12043 10792 13911 6560 3232 17876 18218 5473 88105 12 hsa-miR-192 11751 11388 8808 6573 5710 9914 19675 6537 80356 13 hsa-miR-101 7582 8456 7582 10921 3174 6450 20984 10424 75573 14 hsa-miR-30d 9416 9847 7963 8538 4882 8059 15766 6778 71249 15 hsa-miR-10b 9009 10431 6283 7604 4005 4395 19467 9012 70206 16 hsa-miR-451 15361 10057 7584 7501 2597 2635 10609 6821 63165 17 hsa-miR-145 2744 2847 10661 9089 4226 7679 11457 8859 57562 18 hsa-miR-27b 8511 6649 7872 9957 3741 2958 9543 4668 53899 19 hsa-miR-140-3p 7200 6803 7626 10477 3511 3559 6379 5750 51305 20 hsa-miR-24 5128 3009 9244 3013 7118 9415 7554 4633 49114 Novoalign software 1 hsa-miR-143 619600 588860 261006 257701 57043 99605 60485 21845 1966145 2 hsa-miR-1 58842 45204 39539 10656 74017 137450 29480 16454 411642 3 hsa-miR-21 56707 54428 30261 46984 12404 15381 73132 35673 324970 4 hsa-miR-378 34181 51292 40421 52081 16619 27345 119105 54877 395921 5 hsa-let-7f 81639 62336 3727 6472 4770 9475 12242 4524 185185 6 hsa-let-7a 72376 55159 6190 8391 8775 13750 15523 5614 185778 7 hsa-miR-30a 18195 21486 16923 22285 9600 13915 71336 25348 199088 8 hsa-miR-26a 17701 12617 15479 38064 6365 8978 16648 9446 125298 9 hsa-miR-126 20722 17592 9962 13332 10604 24737 31622 8487 137058 10 hsa-miR-24 5094 2979 9192 3026 7340 9417 7490 4594 49132 11 hsa-miR-148a 13547 10840 13693 20651 12760 5338 12467 2945 92241 12 hsa-miR-215 11939 13790 13676 6407 3774 17552 17856 5352 90346 13 hsa-miR-192 11557 11232 8651 6496 5648 9717 19311 6395 79007 14 hsa-miR-30d 9362 9801 7964 8616 4963 8177 15716 6767 71366 15 hsa-miR-101 7589 8328 7469 10798 3144 6385 20665 10339 74717 16 hsa-miR-146b-5p 6947 6492 3325 3180 8576 7638 10232 1814 48204 17 hsa-miR-145 2685 2797 10421 8912 4111 7447 11085 8628 56086 18 hsa-miR-451 15263 9893 7453 7354 2578 2577 10438 6706 62262 19 hsa-miR-10b 8838 10204 6145 7515 4054 4383 19157 8867 69163 20 hsa-miR-27b 8140 6394 7546 10720 3945 2848 9217 4493 53303

TABLE 7 Human RNA pool adaptors Breast RNA Default 8 × 8 16 × 4 32 × 2 64 × 1 8 × 8 8 × 8 miRNA (lane 1) (lane 2) (lane 3) (lane 4) (lane 5) (lane 6) (lane 7) hsa-let-7a 182815 207044 201770 228567 250250 229745 285909 hsa-let-7a* 191 183 156 229 243 178 321 hsa-let-7a-2* 0 10 14 22 19 13 8 hsa-let-7b 3732 38250 37832 43779 45636 42083 104331 hsa-let-7b* 7 168 150 202 204 167 305 hsa-let-7c 4493 38771 37083 42216 46566 42940 42483 hsa-let-7c* 1 2 4 2 5 3 6 hsa-let-7d 9918 4502 4469 5067 4961 4926 3779 hsa-let-7d* 698 958 929 1221 1170 1079 1078 hsa-let-7e 249 8159 7300 7306 6986 9357 6280 hsa-let-7e* 0 51 58 78 81 77 47 hsa-let-7f 510653 201473 192459 203236 227113 225547 159271 hsa-let-7f-1* 62 20 20 32 18 16 28 hsa-let-7f-2* 80 2 6 4 5 5 9 hsa-let-7g 72910 42837 43556 50078 53190 47164 53943 hsa-let-7g* 43 219 245 315 328 256 167 hsa-let-7i 5027 8012 7610 8665 8993 8867 9347 hsa-let-7i* 113 304 314 419 420 318 426 hsa-miR-1 39 404787 408176 485549 509267 450370 1790 hsa-miR-100 1 24727 23218 27907 27055 26815 6954 hsa-miR-100* 0 38 27 39 33 30 5 hsa-miR-101 194516 55392 50631 59094 59555 61050 47642 hsa-miR-101* 133 369 376 446 444 413 235 hsa-miR-103 97269 20956 17889 14087 12536 23100 8047 hsa-miR-103-2* 37 20 14 31 21 20 22 hsa-miR-103-as 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-105 0 11 8 18 10 7 0 hsa-miR-105* 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-106a 394 2073 2034 2465 2622 2258 829 hsa-miR-106a* 0 4 11 10 9 13 2 hsa-miR-106b 35123 3419 3847 4164 4238 3699 1679 hsa-miR-106b* 1664 114 108 154 119 137 136 hsa-miR-107 628 274 282 274 209 308 159 hsa-miR-10a 186 26956 24934 27899 28106 29258 17837 hsa-miR-10a* 0 115 112 129 148 136 123 hsa-miR-10b 7 40830 37049 43481 43238 44884 40079 hsa-miR-10b* 0 361 326 359 416 368 469 hsa-miR-1178 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1179 5 77 69 91 81 90 16 hsa-miR-1180 0 21 17 14 28 31 15 hsa-miR-1181 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1185 0 26 35 47 48 35 7 hsa-miR-1193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1197 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 hsa-miR-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1201 422 56 55 63 66 91 69 hsa-miR-1202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1204 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1206 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1207-3p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1207-5p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-122 4 5808 5666 6201 6163 6375 81 hsa-miR-122* 0 57 56 78 85 66 2 hsa-miR-1224-3p 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1224-5p 0 13 12 8 10 10 0 hsa-miR-1225-3p 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1225-5p 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 hsa-miR-1226 6 1 2 2 6 2 1 hsa-miR-1226* 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1227 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1228 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 hsa-miR-1228* 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 hsa-miR-1229 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 hsa-miR-1231 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 hsa-miR-1233 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1234 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-1236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-124 0 1249 1154 1262 1285 1408 2 hsa-miR-124* 0 5 1 6 4 5 0 hsa-miR-1243 5 5 2 0 1 3 2 hsa-miR-1244 0 3 1 7 1 5 2 hsa-miR-1245 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 hsa-miR-1246 49235 5920 5881 6452 6358 6490 37368 hsa-miR-1247 0 92 92 112 120 93 46 hsa-miR-1248 2 28 22 22 19 16 27 hsa-miR-1249 1 25 26 31 32 29 11 hsa-miR-1250 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 hsa-miR-1251 0 110 82 133 128 137 0 hsa-miR-1252 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 hsa-miR-1253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1254 34 1 3 12 7 8 2 hsa-miR-1255a 46 6 12 11 11 5 4 hsa-miR-1255b 6 3 3 11 2 7 3 hsa-miR-1256 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1257 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1258 0 2 3 1 4 1 2 hsa-miR-1259 268 38 29 29 30 43 69 hsa-miR-125a-3p 0 76 63 69 62 59 46 hsa-miR-125a-5p 3 14695 14391 16483 15940 16054 8971 hsa-miR-125b 738 30693 29479 33392 32497 33293 16929 hsa-miR-125b-1* 0 70 64 65 65 81 59 hsa-miR-125b-2* 421 1017 994 1074 1037 1170 640 hsa-miR-126 2 163374 163020 188443 191489 175101 137109 hsa-miR-126* 2 24037 23282 29250 28209 26553 25398 hsa-miR-1260 5 0 3 0 3 2 1 hsa-miR-1260b 60 14 16 15 11 12 8 hsa-miR-1261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1262 0 12 7 11 9 17 12 hsa-miR-1263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1264 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 hsa-miR-1265 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1266 0 5 3 3 4 0 8 hsa-miR-1267 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1268 504 20 22 30 24 20 9 hsa-miR-1269 0 14 15 13 14 13 0 hsa-miR-1270 474 66 47 48 67 74 37 hsa-miR-1271 0 50 48 58 58 40 39 hsa-miR-1272 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-1273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1273c 5 2 3 5 4 7 4 hsa-miR-1273d 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 hsa-miR-127-3p 3 1993 1787 2084 2026 2092 1242 hsa-miR-1274a 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1274b 40 64 61 70 72 49 23 hsa-miR-1275 192 25 27 36 23 30 16 hsa-miR-127-5p 0 343 290 391 386 362 69 hsa-miR-1276 23 1 0 0 2 1 0 hsa-miR-1277 79 39 22 37 26 32 4 hsa-miR-1278 21 1 1 1 1 2 0 hsa-miR-1279 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-128 1231 2133 2052 2282 2117 2319 262 hsa-miR-1280 2 9 8 14 5 14 7 hsa-miR-1281 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1282 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1283 0 251 238 288 268 276 1 hsa-miR-1284 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1285 412 13 15 21 12 16 13 hsa-miR-1286 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1287 1 35 31 32 49 30 40 hsa-miR-1288 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1289 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-129* 3 26 29 28 15 30 0 hsa-miR-1290 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 hsa-miR-1291 47 38 13 25 27 18 16 hsa-miR-1292 162 20 39 31 32 24 29 hsa-miR-1293 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-129-3p 3 84 78 84 98 102 1 hsa-miR-1294 4 2 1 2 7 3 2 hsa-miR-1295 0 1 3 1 2 2 6 hsa-miR-129-5p 4 280 267 306 326 311 3 hsa-miR-1296 10 50 52 53 65 49 47 hsa-miR-1297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1298 0 15 13 16 14 18 0 hsa-miR-1299 15 51 61 45 63 58 66 hsa-miR-1301 1 49 45 48 50 50 14 hsa-miR-1302 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1303 27 7 5 7 8 17 7 hsa-miR-1304 7 3 1 3 2 3 0 hsa-miR-1305 0 2 8 6 7 5 5 hsa-miR-1306 1 0 3 2 3 1 5 hsa-miR-1307 1860 328 292 362 324 337 196 hsa-miR-1308 722 471 506 521 567 519 206 hsa-miR-130a 4 2674 2388 2934 2721 2777 2772 hsa-miR-130a* 0 5 2 6 8 6 13 hsa-miR-130b 3376 456 434 625 526 455 217 hsa-miR-130b* 81 85 63 66 63 72 21 hsa-miR-132 77 750 687 834 904 797 686 hsa-miR-132* 6 125 110 117 116 119 57 hsa-miR-1321 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-1322 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 hsa-miR-1323 0 3503 3317 2994 2327 3903 8 hsa-miR-1324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-133a 2 18167 18669 22360 22448 19771 51 hsa-miR-133b 0 556 566 637 624 553 2 hsa-miR-134 0 172 171 185 212 192 200 hsa-miR-135a 1 9461 8663 9893 7606 10424 105 hsa-miR-135a* 0 6 6 4 8 9 0 hsa-miR-135b 0 2934 2829 3189 2875 3219 357 hsa-miR-135b* 0 20 11 18 17 19 7 hsa-miR-136 0 2340 1609 1993 1920 2381 500 hsa-miR-136* 1 413 380 489 489 467 170 hsa-miR-137 0 509 472 442 444 548 7 hsa-miR-138 3027 968 858 1165 1119 984 67 hsa-miR-138-1* 58 27 26 26 27 27 8 hsa-miR-138-2* 0 8 4 6 5 4 0 hsa-miR-139-3p 9 125 130 105 116 131 163 hsa-miR-139-5p 11 1451 1370 1583 1571 1574 1683 hsa-miR-140-3p 67006 37936 34949 36311 36598 41136 16014 hsa-miR-140-5p 3672 6850 6579 8128 7884 7500 5245 hsa-miR-141 79 6530 6644 6908 7685 7532 3759 hsa-miR-141* 0 155 128 159 131 134 152 hsa-miR-142-3p 169524 71892 68818 82272 79112 77431 8578 hsa-miR-142-5p 16201 2014 1877 2148 2101 2323 882 hsa-miR-143 17640 1884521 1792761 2010306 2107243 2088207 1074889 hsa-miR-143* 11 14298 14952 19113 18944 15393 4904 hsa-miR-144 0 1335 1046 1285 1271 1455 132 hsa-miR-144* 13 7752 7376 8357 8770 8522 3235 hsa-miR-145 40 64408 62487 79740 74320 68219 26847 hsa-miR-145* 3 2495 2415 2993 2747 2567 1465 hsa-miR-1468 1 4 5 4 8 7 1 hsa-miR-1469 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-146a 45680 8759 8469 9841 9877 9557 9883 hsa-miR-146a* 0 2 0 4 1 3 4 hsa-miR-146b-3p 40 20 10 23 25 23 46 hsa-miR-146b-5p 51686 64507 64864 73443 75492 70909 105601 hsa-miR-147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1470 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1471 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-147b 0 5 8 9 7 4 13 hsa-miR-148a 167654 83936 69915 67362 59455 92561 55496 hsa-miR-148a* 2741 231 173 236 232 238 257 hsa-miR-148b 18296 12418 10163 9757 8603 13625 4727 hsa-miR-148b* 2605 303 339 352 366 365 204 hsa-miR-149 22 198 187 269 258 224 126 hsa-miR-149* 0 2 2 1 1 4 2 hsa-miR-150 1 2028 1981 2312 2285 2182 1767 hsa-miR-150* 0 17 26 37 30 19 6 hsa-miR-151-3p 4140 9265 8272 9478 9542 9887 6249 hsa-miR-151-5p 1069 9893 9391 10906 10349 10836 6486 hsa-miR-152 881 12737 10667 10744 9523 13596 9459 hsa-miR-153 5 314 247 325 302 316 54 hsa-miR-1537 0 3 1 2 3 3 0 hsa-miR-1538 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1539 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-154 0 65 59 72 72 93 24 hsa-miR-154* 0 32 27 17 28 20 4 hsa-miR-155 118345 3723 3704 4428 4788 4169 2397 hsa-miR-155* 477 0 1 1 2 0 0 hsa-miR-15a 11248 2927 2588 3145 3253 2998 1562 hsa-miR-15a* 8 3 3 4 1 6 2 hsa-miR-15b 4272 1346 1127 1151 1156 1456 1012 hsa-miR-15b* 712 92 78 100 95 101 50 hsa-miR-16 25236 33304 35260 36274 35048 35434 22850 hsa-miR-16-1* 242 6 12 9 4 6 2 hsa-miR-16-2* 277 81 97 115 90 77 92 hsa-miR-17 75571 8032 7314 9397 9426 8462 3575 hsa-miR-17* 7638 396 347 387 360 469 69 hsa-miR-181a 14796 21358 19352 24301 24133 24053 7752 hsa-miR-181a* 977 244 223 282 287 246 53 hsa-miR-181a-2* 4 267 221 301 249 267 96 hsa-miR-181b 3623 2995 2745 3337 3228 3420 1302 hsa-miR-181c 15 594 605 682 662 698 314 hsa-miR-181c* 4 64 78 75 83 95 45 hsa-miR-181d 16 333 312 372 358 373 231 hsa-miR-182 17542 4447 3961 4784 4611 4786 20534 hsa-miR-182* 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 hsa-miR-1825 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1826 201 209 183 222 226 236 145 hsa-miR-1827 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-183 4237 1068 920 1093 972 1165 3294 hsa-miR-183* 48 3 2 3 4 1 8 hsa-miR-184 178 266 245 274 292 312 47 hsa-miR-185 1420 917 965 1062 1034 1015 640 hsa-miR-185* 21 15 14 11 8 17 8 hsa-miR-186 23895 10864 11534 15131 14516 11876 9468 hsa-miR-186* 242 18 13 13 12 18 7 hsa-miR-187 0 61 66 77 62 76 24 hsa-miR-187* 0 6 4 9 4 4 0 hsa-miR-188-3p 0 5 4 4 1 3 5 hsa-miR-188-5p 0 66 48 61 48 71 46 hsa-miR-18a 9458 450 481 506 575 498 132 hsa-miR-18a* 105 16 15 22 10 8 14 hsa-miR-18b 14 17 10 12 12 21 4 hsa-miR-18b* 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 hsa-miR-190 682 1085 1022 1248 1277 1256 529 hsa-miR-1908 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 hsa-miR-1909 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1909* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-190b 3 17 16 28 30 22 258 hsa-miR-191 49626 21938 20938 23858 21723 24104 14960 hsa-miR-191* 85 7 9 7 8 10 3 hsa-miR-1910 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1911 0 12 11 3 13 8 0 hsa-miR-1911* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1912 0 3 1 5 3 3 0 hsa-miR-1913 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-1914 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 hsa-miR-1914* 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1915 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-1915* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-192 12660 67252 64208 78702 77501 72613 1512 hsa-miR-192* 13 108 96 114 116 86 9 hsa-miR-193a-3p 2 321 195 260 226 300 597 hsa-miR-193a-5p 0 274 240 270 305 250 1038 hsa-miR-193b 3731 1819 1714 2035 1909 1997 3930 hsa-miR-193b* 387 53 61 65 56 69 131 hsa-miR-194 1023 29917 30929 37348 37266 32599 483 hsa-miR-194* 23 46 41 43 42 49 1 hsa-miR-195 1 5404 5286 4950 4646 5711 8702 hsa-miR-195* 0 24 26 30 34 35 41 hsa-miR-196a 59 559 574 687 745 676 623 hsa-miR-196a* 3 1 0 3 2 1 1 hsa-miR-196b 0 1600 1451 1723 1821 1707 742 hsa-miR-196b* 0 4 2 3 0 5 2 hsa-miR-197 322 1102 1084 1283 1209 1109 865 hsa-miR-1972 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-1973 9 9 8 5 6 10 4 hsa-miR-1975 1004 3292 3615 4209 4391 3345 9392 hsa-miR-1976 10 10 4 12 4 6 4 hsa-miR-1979 1720 1998 1856 2198 2246 2083 14700 hsa-miR-198 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 hsa-miR-199a-3p 5 20978 20327 25304 24599 23143 29779 hsa-miR-199a-5p 1 3977 3908 4604 4598 4225 5084 hsa-miR-199b-3p 5 20978 20327 25304 24599 23143 29779 hsa-miR-199b-5p 0 957 864 1106 1119 1025 2982 hsa-miR-19a 5598 2533 2848 3908 3726 2702 903 hsa-miR-19a* 18 0 1 0 1 1 0 hsa-miR-19b 18432 9896 10962 14056 13647 10888 9189 hsa-miR-19b-1* 256 25 22 23 20 21 13 hsa-miR-19b-2* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-200a 5 2454 2278 2445 2540 2705 1661 hsa-miR-200a* 0 44 53 54 49 71 47 hsa-miR-200b 2 3797 3888 4427 4654 4284 5020 hsa-miR-200b* 0 410 390 415 381 413 423 hsa-miR-200c 155 30724 29255 31830 33480 34310 43316 hsa-miR-200c* 2 7 11 11 12 11 6 hsa-miR-202 0 366 321 280 191 397 1 hsa-miR-202* 1 7203 6848 8579 8374 8087 86 hsa-miR-203 0 4340 3971 4752 4447 4863 1179 hsa-miR-204 0 689 695 838 784 810 67 hsa-miR-205 0 5042 4656 5518 5108 5408 55620 hsa-miR-205* 0 2 1 3 1 0 4 hsa-miR-2052 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-2053 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-2054 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-206 0 13453 13591 15087 16300 15006 4 hsa-miR-208a 0 64 34 54 43 66 0 hsa-miR-208b 0 322 319 343 304 354 0 hsa-miR-20a 138720 9808 9528 10260 10813 10890 5182 hsa-miR-20a* 454 419 476 560 521 420 168 hsa-miR-20b 2 1344 1204 1591 1628 1459 138 hsa-miR-20b* 0 20 13 18 20 23 3 hsa-miR-21 1852326 331847 313309 353783 377299 368479 300625 hsa-miR-21* 2992 117 104 123 126 122 102 hsa-miR-210 5008 992 971 1242 1326 974 254 hsa-miR-211 0 2 1 4 0 3 2 hsa-miR-2110 29 93 89 60 36 105 53 hsa-miR-2113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-2114 0 5 7 6 5 8 1 hsa-miR-2114* 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 hsa-miR-2115 0 3 2 1 3 2 26 hsa-miR-2115* 0 1 7 2 1 2 40 hsa-miR-2116 1 3 4 4 5 0 1 hsa-miR-2116* 0 2 0 3 3 3 3 hsa-miR-2117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-212 0 25 23 25 28 24 19 hsa-miR-214 0 916 830 776 685 984 1207 hsa-miR-214* 0 167 154 183 207 209 129 hsa-miR-215 142 51160 49148 56830 57666 56128 414 hsa-miR-216a 2 20 18 25 20 18 7 hsa-miR-216b 0 70 63 76 87 74 12 hsa-miR-217 7 62 47 61 54 66 20 hsa-miR-218 1 2040 2073 2559 2571 2186 1055 hsa-miR-218-1* 0 56 48 63 49 58 58 hsa-miR-218-2* 0 0 3 2 1 4 0 hsa-miR-219-1- 71 2 2 1 2 6 3 3p hsa-miR-219-2- 0 902 1342 1709 1858 2121 2 3p hsa-miR-219-5p 30 44 42 53 39 41 1 hsa-miR-22 926 12597 11782 13008 13488 13549 11463 hsa-miR-22* 53 866 967 1293 1130 948 1006 hsa-miR-220a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-220b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-220c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-221 285 3056 3079 3686 3758 3422 2113 hsa-miR-221* 391 1229 999 1015 861 1312 389 hsa-miR-222 213 7470 7604 9085 8803 8291 5395 hsa-miR-222* 75 38 25 39 23 33 10 hsa-miR-223 3 2838 2663 3045 3179 3067 1895 hsa-miR-223* 1 94 117 201 183 101 51 hsa-miR-224 0 587 531 684 703 650 997 hsa-miR-224* 0 28 30 30 26 34 77 hsa-miR-2276 22 6 4 6 4 8 3 hsa-miR-2277 1 4 0 6 1 4 2 hsa-miR-2278 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 hsa-miR-2355 0 5 8 9 4 3 7 hsa-miR-23a 360 15888 14598 17234 16789 17131 21956 hsa-miR-23a* 3 4 3 0 0 1 3 hsa-miR-23b 474 14755 13404 15889 15851 15682 5726 hsa-miR-23b* 6 21 18 17 13 16 6 hsa-miR-24 1815 116792 122743 140600 135084 126140 67259 hsa-miR-24-1* 8 276 284 347 304 343 56 hsa-miR-24-2* 14 584 523 594 525 558 272 hsa-miR-25 7496 1904 1720 1980 1914 2048 1898 hsa-miR-25* 61 30 29 23 10 38 11 hsa-miR-26a 23823 139238 120963 131441 135641 156484 139950 hsa-miR-26a-1* 0 4 7 5 1 6 4 hsa-miR-26a-2* 58 68 51 77 70 59 63 hsa-miR-26b 11315 37731 28997 31628 32208 42694 29712 hsa-miR-26b* 43 50 54 56 63 61 59 hsa-miR-27a 362 19157 19019 21101 22219 21482 21448 hsa-miR-27a* 20 43 42 73 61 49 36 hsa-miR-27b 2465 47617 43110 45439 47218 52830 16131 hsa-miR-27b* 135 633 790 963 965 725 207 hsa-miR-28-3p 1396 3372 2921 3435 3485 3521 2162 hsa-miR-28-5p 1019 3040 2861 3393 3391 3514 3027 hsa-miR-2861 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-2909 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-296-3p 50 4 3 4 5 4 10 hsa-miR-296-5p 79 32 33 46 46 30 57 hsa-miR-297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-299-3p 0 33 31 32 43 40 18 hsa-miR-299-5p 0 72 78 91 88 71 34 hsa-miR-29a 40124 61875 60909 79815 80527 67864 31795 hsa-miR-29a* 991 294 301 347 369 332 167 hsa-miR-29b 14193 26166 18024 24954 24981 29084 5148 hsa-miR-29b-1* 120 16 18 28 32 19 9 hsa-miR-29b-2* 147 146 115 155 155 131 87 hsa-miR-29c 1880 3927 3550 4318 4137 4173 3491 hsa-miR-29c* 162 359 397 441 421 380 317 hsa-miR-300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-301a 421 98 82 92 93 120 10 hsa-miR-301b 169 14 13 8 16 5 1 hsa-miR-302a 0 2 3 3 2 10 0 hsa-miR-302a* 0 12 5 13 10 12 0 hsa-miR-302b 0 4 6 14 9 9 0 hsa-miR-302b* 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 hsa-miR-302c 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 hsa-miR-302c* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-302d 0 3 1 1 1 4 0 hsa-miR-302d* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-302e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-302f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-3065-3p 1 112 102 122 100 116 35 hsa-miR-3065-5p 0 114 114 122 119 110 22 hsa-miR-3074 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 hsa-miR-30a 425 134091 121854 147246 139908 146572 158595 hsa-miR-30a* 4 5542 4869 5972 5456 5900 8890 hsa-miR-30b 7820 25303 23222 30378 31188 28066 16765 hsa-miR-30b* 87 46 53 77 76 50 39 hsa-miR-30c 13867 33356 32048 37747 37655 35877 24196 hsa-miR-30c-1* 54 28 31 50 51 25 26 hsa-miR-30c-2* 0 367 324 335 330 411 491 hsa-miR-30d 235117 66258 63436 72267 71041 71729 54966 hsa-miR-30d* 450 83 84 90 88 83 74 hsa-miR-30e 238220 47135 46880 52861 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hsa-miR-582-3p 1484 121 118 137 145 135 26 hsa-miR-582-5p 592 149 183 177 151 163 35 hsa-miR-583 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-584 0 108 96 109 111 104 22 hsa-miR-585 0 39 24 30 46 31 12 hsa-miR-586 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-587 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-588 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-589 635 46 59 54 62 71 49 hsa-miR-589* 85 8 5 8 5 3 6 hsa-miR-590-3p 650 373 395 381 399 415 178 hsa-miR-590-5p 333 859 660 849 758 905 275 hsa-miR-591 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-592 1 20 14 22 26 15 0 hsa-miR-593 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-593* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-595 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-596 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-597 2 5 3 5 2 2 2 hsa-miR-598 2107 680 705 799 758 750 133 hsa-miR-599 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-600 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-601 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-602 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-603 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-604 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-605 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 hsa-miR-606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-607 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-609 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-610 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-611 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-612 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-613 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-614 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-615-3p 0 16 26 27 35 28 45 hsa-miR-615-5p 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 hsa-miR-616 7 3 4 3 2 5 3 hsa-miR-616* 4 23 18 20 26 30 8 hsa-miR-617 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-618 0 26 25 28 30 28 31 hsa-miR-619 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-622 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-623 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-624 0 3 6 2 6 4 0 hsa-miR-624* 32 14 7 9 7 9 7 hsa-miR-625 76 60 63 73 62 65 64 hsa-miR-625* 255 116 72 119 100 94 58 hsa-miR-626 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-627 703 78 62 81 67 79 68 hsa-miR-628-3p 11 122 116 117 87 144 47 hsa-miR-628-5p 132 440 405 491 506 526 129 hsa-miR-629 516 36 40 43 53 46 78 hsa-miR-629* 67 10 12 10 15 17 9 hsa-miR-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-631 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-632 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-633 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-634 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-635 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-636 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-638 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-639 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-641 10 10 9 7 3 13 3 hsa-miR-642 1 6 3 8 5 5 4 hsa-miR-643 12 3 2 7 10 5 6 hsa-miR-644 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-646 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-647 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-648 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-649 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-650 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-651 372 55 60 55 54 65 42 hsa-miR-652 160 330 330 316 329 325 437 hsa-miR-653 0 43 32 37 53 39 44 hsa-miR-654-3p 0 135 128 182 161 161 102 hsa-miR-654-5p 0 5 13 12 12 12 5 hsa-miR-655 0 137 128 185 178 183 72 hsa-miR-656 0 13 19 27 16 21 18 hsa-miR-657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-659 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-660 0 271 259 280 290 334 171 hsa-miR-661 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-662 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-663 0 2 2 5 3 4 17 hsa-miR-663b 10 4 1 6 2 1 1 hsa-miR-664 483 198 174 218 213 206 152 hsa-miR-664* 98 136 127 184 177 174 200 hsa-miR-665 0 4 7 5 6 2 7 hsa-miR-668 0 1 3 2 6 5 0 hsa-miR-670 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 hsa-miR-671-3p 25 6 4 7 8 6 3 hsa-miR-671-5p 529 151 163 167 155 149 183 hsa-miR-675 0 8 7 11 2 7 5 hsa-miR-675* 0 255 247 323 283 247 115 hsa-miR-7 3569 3622 2924 2472 1896 4096 257 hsa-miR-708 0 1228 1437 1479 1584 1298 1056 hsa-miR-708* 0 68 48 79 76 72 35 hsa-miR-7-1* 295 64 57 58 57 35 22 hsa-miR-711 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-718 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-7-2* 0 12 5 9 6 7 4 hsa-miR-720 154 188 204 273 188 188 30 hsa-miR-744 862 707 698 750 701 733 628 hsa-miR-744* 20 27 21 32 24 15 11 hsa-miR-758 0 5 7 7 8 6 2 hsa-miR-759 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-760 1 5 9 4 6 6 10 hsa-miR-761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-762 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-764 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-765 0 3 1 3 3 6 1 hsa-miR-766 229 87 73 93 89 110 29 hsa-miR-767-3p 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-767-5p 0 3 10 7 11 5 0 hsa-miR-769-3p 91 5 6 10 8 6 3 hsa-miR-769-5p 4023 531 514 547 553 547 464 hsa-miR-770-5p 0 1 4 1 3 7 0 hsa-miR-802 0 46 50 53 51 52 0 hsa-miR-873 0 19 19 17 11 26 2 hsa-miR-874 10 234 230 307 286 254 193 hsa-miR-875-3p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-875-5p 0 5 1 0 2 0 1 hsa-miR-876-3p 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 hsa-miR-876-5p 0 3 1 6 2 1 1 hsa-miR-877 846 133 104 75 55 151 96 hsa-miR-877* 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 hsa-miR-885-3p 0 14 12 8 8 6 1 hsa-miR-885-5p 0 89 94 66 93 84 2 hsa-miR-886-3p 69 5 12 12 8 6 8 hsa-miR-886-5p 15314 661 618 705 721 710 1271 hsa-miR-887 0 108 132 128 127 131 116 hsa-miR-888 0 55 49 58 75 84 0 hsa-miR-888* 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 hsa-miR-889 0 211 180 273 254 234 57 hsa-miR-890 0 4 1 5 6 11 0 hsa-miR-891a 1 358 311 363 390 384 4 hsa-miR-891b 0 14 10 11 8 4 0 hsa-miR-892a 0 7 4 10 7 6 0 hsa-miR-892b 0 5 5 5 2 6 0 hsa-miR-9 13310 10506 9814 11411 11015 11489 233 hsa-miR-9* 1880 2040 2327 2671 2670 2212 75 hsa-miR-920 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-921 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-922 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-924 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-92a 27036 4490 4235 4907 4803 4907 3961 hsa-miR-92a-1* 328 61 43 71 61 47 42 hsa-miR-92a-2* 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 hsa-miR-92b 65 508 522 615 602 591 314 hsa-miR-92b* 4 25 17 15 13 25 9 hsa-miR-93 29354 5197 4866 5765 5546 5717 4574 hsa-miR-93* 25 39 37 39 37 38 71 hsa-miR-933 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 hsa-miR-934 0 101 149 198 206 145 49 hsa-miR-935 1 74 104 125 114 94 9 hsa-miR-936 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-937 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-938 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-939 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 hsa-miR-940 7 4 7 8 5 10 4 hsa-miR-941 244 145 116 136 116 173 43 hsa-miR-942 75 8 12 12 11 8 3 hsa-miR-943 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 hsa-miR-944 1109 143 143 144 158 164 26 hsa-miR-95 57 3409 3489 3620 3782 3901 720 hsa-miR-96 783 146 122 146 138 173 681 hsa-miR-96* 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 hsa-miR-98 1602 2924 2956 3366 3559 3153 2291 hsa-miR-99a 692 23127 23513 27764 27299 25367 12696 hsa-miR-99a* 42 116 97 118 115 112 68 hsa-miR-99b 9 16328 14746 17477 16934 17389 6543 hsa-miR-99b* 0 52 58 73 42 55 51

TABLE 11 miRNA Read count-all hsa-let-7a 3263253 hsa-let-7a* 2627 hsa-let-7a-2* 130 hsa-let-7b 629946 hsa-let-7b* 2206 hsa-let-7c 586231 hsa-let-7c* 41 hsa-let-7d 80917 hsa-let-7d* 13259 hsa-let-7e 115027 hsa-let-7e* 774 hsa-let-7f 3480770 hsa-let-7f-1* 344 hsa-let-7f-2* 144 hsa-let-7g 729933 hsa-let-7g* 2239 hsa-let-7i 123591 hsa-let-7i* 3761 hsa-miR-1 4827651 hsa-miR-100 371538 hsa-miR-100* 359 hsa-miR-101 1018648 hsa-miR-101* 4418 hsa-miR-103 608126 hsa-miR-103-2* 301 hsa-miR-103-as 0 hsa-miR-105 154 hsa-miR-105* 6 hsa-miR-106a 17036 hsa-miR-106a* 87 hsa-miR-106b 76043 hsa-miR-106b* 3665 hsa-miR-107 5450 hsa-miR-10a 411798 hsa-miR-10a* 1392 hsa-miR-10b 671361 hsa-miR-10b* 4311 hsa-miR-1178 0 hsa-miR-1179 977 hsa-miR-1180 351 hsa-miR-1181 1 hsa-miR-1182 0 hsa-miR-1183 0 hsa-miR-1184 0 hsa-miR-1185 503 hsa-miR-1193 3 hsa-miR-1197 20 hsa-miR-1200 0 hsa-miR-1201 1283 hsa-miR-1202 0 hsa-miR-1203 0 hsa-miR-1204 0 hsa-miR-1205 0 hsa-miR-1206 0 hsa-miR-1207-3p 0 hsa-miR-1207-5p 0 hsa-miR-1208 0 hsa-miR-122 71506 hsa-miR-122* 881 hsa-miR-1224-3p 8 hsa-miR-1224-5p 212 hsa-miR-1225-3p 2 hsa-miR-1225-5p 12 hsa-miR-1226 35 hsa-miR-1226* 11 hsa-miR-1227 0 hsa-miR-1228 10 hsa-miR-1228* 9 hsa-miR-1229 15 hsa-miR-1231 9 hsa-miR-1233 5 hsa-miR-1234 7 hsa-miR-1236 0 hsa-miR-1237 0 hsa-miR-1238 1 hsa-miR-124 14855 hsa-miR-124* 55 hsa-miR-1243 28 hsa-miR-1244 43 hsa-miR-1245 23 hsa-miR-1246 163980 hsa-miR-1247 1190 hsa-miR-1248 266 hsa-miR-1249 348 hsa-miR-1250 22 hsa-miR-1251 956 hsa-miR-1252 16 hsa-miR-1253 0 hsa-miR-1254 114 hsa-miR-1255a 204 hsa-miR-1255b 59 hsa-miR-1256 17 hsa-miR-1257 29 hsa-miR-1258 38 hsa-miR-1259 807 hsa-miR-125a-3p 820 hsa-miR-125a-5p 197714 hsa-miR-125b 407709 hsa-miR-125b-1* 966 hsa-miR-125b-2* 18552 hsa-miR-126 2107272 hsa-miR-126* 279706 hsa-miR-1260 16 hsa-miR-1260b 216 hsa-miR-1261 0 hsa-miR-1262 184 hsa-miR-1263 2 hsa-miR-1264 13 hsa-miR-1265 5 hsa-miR-1266 61 hsa-miR-1267 2 hsa-miR-1268 788 hsa-miR-1269 157 hsa-miR-1270 1259 hsa-miR-1271 576 hsa-miR-1272 3 hsa-miR-1273 0 hsa-miR-1273c 91 hsa-miR-1273d 9 hsa-miR-127-3p 27435 hsa-miR-1274a 15 hsa-miR-1274b 617 hsa-miR-1275 746 hsa-miR-127-5p 4243 hsa-miR-1276 36 hsa-miR-1277 467 hsa-miR-1278 34 hsa-miR-1279 0 hsa-miR-128 28463 hsa-miR-1280 75 hsa-miR-1281 0 hsa-miR-1282 0 hsa-miR-1283 3052 hsa-miR-1284 12 hsa-miR-1285 568 hsa-miR-1286 6 hsa-miR-1287 415 hsa-miR-1288 3 hsa-miR-1289 1 hsa-miR-129* 332 hsa-miR-1290 6 hsa-miR-1291 364 hsa-miR-1292 518 hsa-miR-1293 2 hsa-miR-129-3p 1131 hsa-miR-1294 41 hsa-miR-1295 27 hsa-miR-129-5p 4027 hsa-miR-1296 785 hsa-miR-1297 0 hsa-miR-1298 246 hsa-miR-1299 935 hsa-miR-1301 608 hsa-miR-1302 1 hsa-miR-1303 133 hsa-miR-1304 50 hsa-miR-1305 55 hsa-miR-1306 33 hsa-miR-1307 6293 hsa-miR-1308 7471 hsa-miR-130a 30830 hsa-miR-130a* 43 hsa-miR-130b 8344 hsa-miR-130b* 755 hsa-miR-132 10033 hsa-miR-132* 1469 hsa-miR-1321 2 hsa-miR-1322 12 hsa-miR-1323 40121 hsa-miR-1324 0 hsa-miR-133a 199457 hsa-miR-133b 6363 hsa-miR-134 3019 hsa-miR-135a 108493 hsa-miR-135a* 121 hsa-miR-135b 33044 hsa-miR-135b* 155 hsa-miR-136 21356 hsa-miR-136* 5945 hsa-miR-137 6124 hsa-miR-138 16603 hsa-miR-138-1* 503 hsa-miR-138-2* 50 hsa-miR-139-3p 1864 hsa-miR-139-5p 19160 hsa-miR-140-3p 632569 hsa-miR-140-5p 99250 hsa-miR-141 87549 hsa-miR-141* 1759 hsa-miR-142-3p 863170 hsa-miR-142-5p 40824 hsa-miR-143 27191001 hsa-miR-143* 131103 hsa-miR-144 13924 hsa-miR-144* 141389 hsa-miR-145 810044 hsa-miR-145* 32400 hsa-miR-1468 68 hsa-miR-1469 0 hsa-miR-146a 159091 hsa-miR-146a* 24 hsa-miR-146b-3p 431 hsa-miR-146b-5p 945206 hsa-miR-147 0 hsa-miR-1470 0 hsa-miR-1471 0 hsa-miR-147b 90 hsa-miR-148a 1306692 hsa-miR-148a* 6159 hsa-miR-148b 188242 hsa-miR-148b* 7002 hsa-miR-149 2802 hsa-miR-149* 49 hsa-miR-150 26608 hsa-miR-150* 259 hsa-miR-151-3p 142414 hsa-miR-151-5p 135256 hsa-miR-152 179559 hsa-miR-153 3912 hsa-miR-1537 22 hsa-miR-1538 2 hsa-miR-1539 0 hsa-miR-154 758 hsa-miR-154* 270 hsa-miR-155 162738 hsa-miR-155* 497 hsa-miR-15a 45924 hsa-miR-15a* 47 hsa-miR-15b 18241 hsa-miR-15b* 1885 hsa-miR-16 434371 hsa-miR-16-1* 327 hsa-miR-16-2* 1409 hsa-miR-17 176460 hsa-miR-17* 12954 hsa-miR-181a 345345 hsa-miR-181a* 4960 hsa-miR-181a-2* 4066 hsa-miR-181b 49597 hsa-miR-181c 6636 hsa-miR-181c* 1044 hsa-miR-181d 4815 hsa-miR-182 97847 hsa-miR-182* 5 hsa-miR-1825 0 hsa-miR-1826 3477 hsa-miR-1827 1 hsa-miR-183 22483 hsa-miR-183* 92 hsa-miR-184 4415 hsa-miR-185 13309 hsa-miR-185* 199 hsa-miR-186 148992 hsa-miR-186* 433 hsa-miR-187 790 hsa-miR-187* 57 hsa-miR-188-3p 43 hsa-miR-188-5p 633 hsa-miR-18a 14206 hsa-miR-18a* 302 hsa-miR-18b 147 hsa-miR-18b* 17 hsa-miR-190 13151 hsa-miR-1908 14 hsa-miR-1909 1 hsa-miR-1909* 0 hsa-miR-190b 526 hsa-miR-191 347191 hsa-miR-191* 185 hsa-miR-1910 2 hsa-miR-1911 149 hsa-miR-1911* 1 hsa-miR-1912 21 hsa-miR-1913 2 hsa-miR-1914 1 hsa-miR-1914* 1 hsa-miR-1915 2 hsa-miR-1915* 0 hsa-miR-192 915301 hsa-miR-192* 1029 hsa-miR-193a-3p 3073 hsa-miR-193a-5p 4589 hsa-miR-193b 29643 hsa-miR-193b* 1332 hsa-miR-194 338472 hsa-miR-194* 572 hsa-miR-195 76407 hsa-miR-195* 464 hsa-miR-196a 8449 hsa-miR-196a* 33 hsa-miR-196b 20661 hsa-miR-196b* 27 hsa-miR-197 15658 hsa-miR-1972 0 hsa-miR-1973 128 hsa-miR-1975 44554 hsa-miR-1976 89 hsa-miR-1979 42616 hsa-miR-198 2 hsa-miR-199a-3p 267443 hsa-miR-199a-5p 58426 hsa-miR-199b-3p 267443 hsa-miR-199b-5p 15208 hsa-miR-19a 28904 hsa-miR-19a* 27 hsa-miR-19b 117578 hsa-miR-19b-1* 545 hsa-miR-19b-2* 2 hsa-miR-200a 30201 hsa-miR-200a* 735 hsa-miR-200b 52688 hsa-miR-200b* 4943 hsa-miR-200c 427036 hsa-miR-200c* 127 hsa-miR-202 6243 hsa-miR-202* 91648 hsa-miR-203 73346 hsa-miR-204 8758 hsa-miR-205 121249 hsa-miR-205* 21 hsa-miR-2052 0 hsa-miR-2053 0 hsa-miR-2054 0 hsa-miR-206 239800 hsa-miR-208a 457 hsa-miR-208b 3831 hsa-miR-20a 261873 hsa-miR-20a* 4565 hsa-miR-20b 14523 hsa-miR-20b* 181 hsa-miR-21 6223972 hsa-miR-21* 4482 hsa-miR-210 14772 hsa-miR-211 31 hsa-miR-2110 1305 hsa-miR-2113 0 hsa-miR-2114 93 hsa-miR-2114* 11 hsa-miR-2115 46 hsa-miR-2115* 85 hsa-miR-2116 32 hsa-miR-2116* 33 hsa-miR-2117 0 hsa-miR-212 317 hsa-miR-214 13273 hsa-miR-214* 2118 hsa-miR-215 848606 hsa-miR-216a 260 hsa-miR-216b 705 hsa-miR-217 754 hsa-miR-218 22992 hsa-miR-218-1* 624 hsa-miR-218-2* 26 hsa-miR-219-1-3p 108 hsa-miR-219-2-3p 26649 hsa-miR-219-5p 500 hsa-miR-22 159941 hsa-miR-22* 12506 hsa-miR-220a 0 hsa-miR-220b 0 hsa-miR-220c 0 hsa-miR-221 44792 hsa-miR-221* 17403 hsa-miR-222 94321 hsa-miR-222* 430 hsa-miR-223 37671 hsa-miR-223* 1142 hsa-miR-224 8474 hsa-miR-224* 438 hsa-miR-2276 105 hsa-miR-2277 30 hsa-miR-2278 12 hsa-miR-2355 80 hsa-miR-23a 243206 hsa-miR-23a* 23 hsa-miR-23b 210543 hsa-miR-23b* 231 hsa-miR-24 1502194 hsa-miR-24-1* 3733 hsa-miR-24-2* 6950 hsa-miR-25 33806 hsa-miR-25* 649 hsa-miR-26a 1986940 hsa-miR-26a-1* 62 hsa-miR-26a-2* 834 hsa-miR-26b 482254 hsa-miR-26b* 679 hsa-miR-27a 267030 hsa-miR-27a* 745 hsa-miR-27b 673420 hsa-miR-27b* 8575 hsa-miR-28-3p 52126 hsa-miR-28-5p 60747 hsa-miR-2861 0 hsa-miR-2909 0 hsa-miR-296-3p 116 hsa-miR-296-5p 465 hsa-miR-297 0 hsa-miR-298 0 hsa-miR-299-3p 427 hsa-miR-299-5p 860 hsa-miR-29a 758430 hsa-miR-29a* 4199 hsa-miR-29b 224003 hsa-miR-29b-1* 332 hsa-miR-29b-2* 1741 hsa-miR-29c 50309 hsa-miR-29c* 5043 hsa-miR-300 0 hsa-miR-301a 1455 hsa-miR-301b 289 hsa-miR-302a 34 hsa-miR-302a* 132 hsa-miR-302b 81 hsa-miR-302b* 2 hsa-miR-302c 11 hsa-miR-302c* 0 hsa-miR-302d 23 hsa-miR-302d* 0 hsa-miR-302e 0 hsa-miR-302f 0 hsa-miR-3065-3p 1456 hsa-miR-3065-5p 1144 hsa-miR-3074 18 hsa-miR-30a 2082964 hsa-miR-30a* 90594 hsa-miR-30b 253420 hsa-miR-30b* 583 hsa-miR-30c 363593 hsa-miR-30c-1* 432 hsa-miR-30c-2* 5633 hsa-miR-30d 1167397 hsa-miR-30d* 1597 hsa-miR-30e 888607 hsa-miR-30e* 96423 hsa-miR-31 11912 hsa-miR-31* 370 hsa-miR-3115 19 hsa-miR-3116 5 hsa-miR-3117 116 hsa-miR-3118 1 hsa-miR-3119 0 hsa-miR-3120 8 hsa-miR-3121 21 hsa-miR-3122 4 hsa-miR-3123 0 hsa-miR-3124 46 hsa-miR-3125 32 hsa-miR-3126-3p 5 hsa-miR-3126-5p 7 hsa-miR-3127 53 hsa-miR-3128 30 hsa-miR-3129 81 hsa-miR-3130-3p 1 hsa-miR-3130-5p 31 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What is claimed is:
 1. A method of preparing a target nucleic acid for sequencing comprising the steps of: a) ligating a 3′ adaptor to the target nucleic acid, wherein the 3′ adaptor consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 or is an extended 3′ adaptor comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:66 with one or more nucleotides added to the 5′ end; b) ligating a 5′ adaptor to the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid complex of step (a), wherein the 5′ adaptor consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or is an extended 5′ adaptor comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 with one or more nucleotides added to the 3′ end; c) reverse transcribing the 3′ adaptor-target nucleic acid-5′ adaptor ligation product of step (b); d) PCR amplifying the reverse transcribed ligation product of step (c); and e) gel purifying the amplified target nucleic acid; provided that at least one of steps (a) and (b) must utilize an extended 3′ or 5′ adaptor, respectively.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: f) sequencing the gel purified target nucleic acid of step (e).
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein more than one 5′ adaptor is utilized for step (b).
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein step (b) utilizes a pool of 5′ adaptors, said pool comprising 16 or more different nucleotide sequences each selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2 to
 65. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein more than one 3′ adaptor is utilized for step (a).
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target nucleic acid is a DNA or RNA molecule.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the target nucleic acid is a smRNA. 